It is finished...

One of my favourite bands to listen to is 'The Gaither Vocal Band'. They sing amazing songs with fantastic lyrics. One of the songs I love singing along to (and by singing I mean screeching out as loud as I can as I drive), is 'It is finished'. I think it really helps me imagine the real life battle that happens every single day... the spiritual battle that we are told about. 

On one side, march the forces of evil

All the demons, all the devils of hell

On the other, the angels of glory

And they meet on Golgotha's hill

But what we need to remember is there is only one outcome to this battle - 

The earth shakes with the force of the conflict

And the sun refuses to shine

For there hangs God's Son, in the balance

And then through the darkness He cries

It is finished, the battle is over

It is finished, there'll be no more war

It is finished, the end of the conflict

It is finished and Jesus is Lord

Jesus ended the war - when He died for us, it truly was finished - once and for all. We have victory. It is so comforting to know that no matter how your life goes, or what battles you go through, we win. The victory is ours in Jesus. 

Sometimes we don't get it though. The next verse 

Yet in my heart, the battle was still raging

Not all prisoners of war had come home

These were battlefields of my own making

I didn't know that war had been won

Oh, but then I heard the King of the ages

Had fought all the battles for me

And that victory was main for the claiming

And now praise His name, I am free

I have struggled in so many areas of my life - but especially in my weight battle - and I do forget that the battle is already won. No matter how hard it may seem at the time - no matter how many times my 2lbs wants to go back on after I've lost it time and time again... it all works out and I will have victory over it. Hallelujah!! What a reason to praise God!!